Trial reportBMJ open2016
Strength Training for Adolescents with cerebral palsy (STAR): study protocol of a randomised controlled trial to determine the feasibility, acceptability and efficacy of resistance training for adolescents with cerebral palsy.
Trial report in BMJ open, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Combining Intensive Rehabilitation With a Nonfunctional Isokinetic Strengthening Program in Adolescents With Cerebral Palsy: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Effects of voluntary exercise on muscle structure and function in cerebral palsy.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2022Review
- Co-designing resources to support the transition from child to adult health services for young people with cerebral palsy: A design thinking approach.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2022Article
- Influence of Personalized Health Management Model Based on Internet Mode on Self-Management Ability and Life Quality of Patients with Chronic Diseases Undergoing Physical Examination.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
- A Study on Physical Exercise and General Mobility in People with Cerebral Palsy: Health through Costless Routines.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Standardized Outcomes Measures in Physical Therapy Practice for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Cerebral PALSY: A Systematic Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Review
- Comparison of the CHU-9D and the EQ-5D-Y instruments in children and young people with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Movement Competency Training Delivery: At School or Online? A Pilot Study of High-School Athletes.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Predictors of Walking Efficiency in Children With Cerebral Palsy: Lower-Body Joint Angles, Moments, and Power.Physical therapy · 2019Article
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10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
introductionGait is inefficient in children with cerebral palsy, particularly as they transition to adolescence. Gait inefficiency may be associated with declines in gross motor function and participation among adolescents with cerebral palsy. Resistance training may improve gait efficiency through a number of biomechanical and neural mechanisms. The aim of the Strength Training for Adolescents with cerebral palsy (STAR) trial is to evaluate the effect of resistance training on gait efficiency, activity and participation in adolescents with cerebral palsy. We also aim to determine the biomechanical and neural adaptations that occur following resistance training and evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of such an intervention for adolescents with cerebral palsy. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: 60 adolescents (Gross Motor Function Classification System level I-III) will be randomised to a 10-week resistance training group or a usual care control group according to a computer-generated random schedule. The primary outcome is gait efficiency. Secondary outcomes are habitual physical activity, participation, muscle-tendon mechanics and gross motor function. General linear models will be used to evaluate differences in continuous data between the resistance training and usual care groups at 10 and 22 weeks, respectively. A process evaluation will be conducted alongside the intervention. Fidelity of the resistance training programme to trial protocol will be quantified by observations of exercise sessions. Semistructured interviews will be conducted with participants and physiotherapists following the resistance training programme to determine feasibility and acceptability of the programme. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This trial has ethical approval from Brunel University London's Department of Clinical Sciences' Research Ethics Committee and the National Research Ethics Service (NRES) Committee London-Surrey Borders. The results of the trial will be submitted for publication in academic journals, presented at conferences and distributed to adolescents, families and healthcare professionals through the media with the assistance of the STAR advisory group. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN90378161; Pre-results.
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